streets in almost 200 cities across the country. >> we are the 99%. we are the 99%. >> we are the 99%. >> and the movement is popular with voters. a poll finds 54% of responders have a favorable impression of occupy wall street. the tea party gets just half of that. >> all right, straight ahead live on the scene, what are you saying? looks a little quieter. >> reporter: it's much quiter now. a lot of people are sleeping. the ground is covered with about a couple dozen people who are asleep. normally they are all awake this

time of day but they had a sleepless night because they were up cleaning and preparing for a show down. there were concerns that there would be a show down with the nypd because the park's owners appealed to the city to intervene and help them remove the protesters from this park so that they can clean it. it has been a month since it has been clean. they wanted to power wash it. but the protesters were concerned that this was a way to silence them. they were told if they came back into the park once they left they would have to obey park rules and some of those rules include no camping, no sleeping bags, no personal belongings.

early this morning before 6:00 a.m. up to 1,000 just before that was suppose to start, word came down that the owners of the park informed the city that they were going to postpone this park cleaning and they were going to try to come to an agreement with the protesters themselves. they started an impromptu march to wall street and the stock exchange and that's when things got a little bit testy. there were 14 arrests as the protesters were trying to march in the street and the police were trying to maintain order to keep them from moving down that path. since then it's just been another day. people are catching up on their

sleep. getting their organization up and running again. tomorrow is expected to be a global day of protest. we will certainly see this thing growing. >> thank you so much with the very latest. of course stopping back with you and we continue to develop. can herman cain stay at the top and can rick perry get back there? news editor for town hall. good afternoon to you both. karen, we will start with you. we can't help but think of the big news this week and the race. those are some of the poll numbers from yesterday showing that herman cain out in front. he and rick perry seem to be doing a political version of a star is born. one rising at the expense of others.

how can cain turn that into a primary win. >> number one is purely tactical. he clearly needs to hire more staff so that they can really improve their ground game. at this point it has been him and a handful of people. one of the things when you move to the front, you come under much greater scrutiny. you have got to have a campaign operation to help you handle that. he has got to show that there is more to him than the 9-9-9 plan and he is going to answer the critics on many sides of the isle. economists have raised lots of concerns about when you dig into the numbers. there has not been much of a response.

>> as it gets more and more scrutiny, could the thing that helped vault him also take him back down to earth? >> i'm not sure. i agree with her and the idea that he needs to explain his plan and maybe come up with and tell people what developed this plan and what was behind the idea of really going with the 9-9-9. i think once we saw in the debate last week that he really can demand it and he will have to keep defending it and he will get a lot more attention not only from the public but from the debates moving forward. it's up to him to keep moving forward. he is not like perry who is bad at explaining why he is on the issues. he does well on debates and i think he are be able to explain why it will benefit voters.

>> you are reading my mind. perry is in pittsburgh making a big speech. here is what he told matt lauer on the "today show." >> i don't worry too much about polls. i know a lot of people watch them and talk about them. i have run for office now three times in the state of texas. my numbers have been up. they have been down. i don't worry about those. i go out every day and try to do my job. >> let's get more advice from karen. what does he need to do? >> i am going to start charging these guys. >> how does he reboot here? >> number one, it's my understanding from the earlier reports that there were not a lot of specifics. the same things that president obama has been talking about in terms of new energy sources and jobs creation.

he is going to have to give more specifics. rick perry can't show up and say tune in two days from now and i will give you more on the plan. he has got to show that he has the chops to run a national campaign, not just a good old boy from texas who all of the sudden, oh my goodness, is in the bright spotlight. being president is a hard job and he is not showing that he is up for it. >> we have mitt romney and some numbers out on him. his third quarter fund raising numbers here, $14.2 million, rick perry at 17 and clearly behind president obama's numbers. they are behind what many thought they should be or where they were historically. who does this help right now in the field? >> people are going to say this will hurt romney because his

numbers are lower. rick perry has only been in this for a shorter time period. mitt romney's strategy since the beginning has been that slow and steady wins the race and i don't think this will affect him negatively. >> both of them have respectable numbers that will clearly carry them a little further. i have been surprised that the rnc numbers are not higher. you would expect that the institutional party donors would make sure that the party is ready for whoever is the party nominee. >> whoever is chosen. that's right. have a good friday. now to the wife of rick perry who came out swinging yesterday telling a south carolina audience that she is tired of how her husband has been portrayed in the media. good afternoon to you kelly? >> well anita perry has been making a number of stops and

talking to different audiences and she has done something we don't normally see candidate spouses do and when they do it it makes news. she revealed a lot more about what she has been feeling as the wife of a once front-runner, now a candidate who is taking a lot of hits in this campaign, governor rick perry. she also talked about faith. that setting made sense. but when it is on camera and seen everywhere so anita perry really told us how she feels. a public display of the private side of anita perry today exposing her deep christian faith. >> amen. >> and deep frustration over attacks on her husband's campaign.

>> we're being scrutinized by our own party. >> 60% of republican voters say they are christian and today mrs. perry wiped tears recalling her grandfather who had been a deacon and used biblical references to declare that god revealed to her that her husband should run for president. >> he felt like he needed to see the burning bush. i said look, let me tell you something, you may not have seen that burning bush but there are people who have seen it for you. i think the debates have been unfair. i think he has been the recipient of arrows. >> mrs. perry's tone took on a sharp edge later today at more secular campaign events. >> when i hear 9-9-9, i want to

call 911. >> someone said it may take 40 years to recover from president obama. if he is re-elected, i don't know that 40 years will be enough. >> so hearing anita perry unfiltered gave us a win do into what he was thinking. rick perry was asked about her comments and he said it is often the family members who feel a lot of this more personally than the candidates do. she said she understood this this would be tough and more intense than she expected, especially after being in public life for so long. she has been texas first lady longer than anyone else because her husband has been in office more than ten years. >> great look at that. thank you.

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>> let's start with obviously the occupy wall street movement. for those folks across the country who still don't understand the message, how would you define it? >> i define it as this is the frustration that people have with their own government. a perfect example of which took place this week. no third grader across this country when they hear that a bill that is supported by 75% of the country, the president's jobs bill, gets a vote in the senate and the vote is 51-49 and it loses, understands that.

it doesn't have anything to do with the constitution and has everything to do with senate rules and everything that is inside the belt way and what is frustrating people and why they are taking to the streets. and richard at the same time that they are doing that the senate does pass a china currency bill that levels the playing field and economists say would put a million people back to work and that is being eld up in the house. two things that could be voted on when people are demanding the simple dignity that comes from a job and the 14 million that are out of work and 25 million who are underemployed want to see. >> there is a time magazine poll that shows that 54% in the poll have seen this as favorable the occupy wall street movement so far. i don't know if you can see this, it is half of that. so should tea partiers be

concerned now? occupy wall street graping the i will say this, one of my constituents said this and i think it captures the feeling of frustration. she said i hope congress understands if dark abyss of uncertainty that all of us are going through. our mortgages are underwater. we are being squeezed in the middle class. we can't afford to send our kids to college. >> congressman -- >> our college graduates don't know if there is a job for them or not. >> i am going to finish talking about the jobs bill. obviously it is dead at this moment. you have to look at each and every part of it.

what part would you be willing to let go? >> i am not willing to say that it is completely dead yet and i think there is an opportunity within the super committee and i hope that the -- to create 1.9 million jobs. >> you will fight for all the parts? >> exactly. we should fight for all the parts. but if the only thing that the senate can do is send it over piece by piece, infrastructure is the most important to be able to make sure we can put people back to work immediately. and this day and age when we are compete i competing globally and internationally this is a time when we want to make sure we are giving them better education.

but putting the country back to work we have got roads and bridges. the frustrating thing for me is we have an opportunity to do something that is big, that is bold and that is balanced. >> so many congressmen do want to see congress work together to get that done. thank you so much. as always, a real pleasure. >> always a pleasure to talk with you. >> and surviving a crucial confidence vote today. why are the italians so in love with him? plus the president and first lady raise a glass at a state dinner. i'm not a number.

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touring a plant in michigan. how significant is this for these two leaders to be visiting a state battered by asian auto imports some might say. >> you will see both leaders tout the trade agreements. the president likely will also make the case that it will boost exports by about $11 billion. could support about 70,000 new jobs. in addition to those figures you have some critics who say wait not so fast. these trade agreements are not necessarily going to boost jobs in the short term.

still having said that lit be a powerful image. >> i visited a couple times over the last year. unemployment is a big talking point. there is some positive in terms of future. is the president going to address that issue of unemployment? >> right, he absolutely will. the other issue that will take center stage here is the auto bail-out. it was incredibly unpopular. so the president will likely make the case when he arrives that the auto bail-out wound up saving about a million jobs including about 1700 here at this plant which was saved by the auto bail-out. that makes the only sub compact car in the united states. it is called the sonic and is right behind me. a lot of people still think the

bail-out is unpopular. the unemployment rate is at 11%. only 38% say they aprove of the job he is doing. >> better than in the teens. let's change topics to something that is fun. last night's state dinner. we understand the highlights were michelle obama's dress. >> it was. it was a designing. and there was a little bit of a theme going on. some of the performers also korean. so some interesting themes throughout the night. it was pouring rain. some of the ladies walked in with their hair soaking wet. a lot of people said it was an

intimate setting. >> it looks like you are wearing purple, too. are you wearing the same dress? >> no. i absolutely do not -- no. don't have a dress like that. >> but you dress just as well. thank you so much. children with limited or no access to health checks or basic services but a national health program wants to change all of that. >> a cold stethoscope, a nurse probing his belly. pretty routine check up for a 10-year-old. not for kids like christian. keeping up with school can be a daily challenge. >> i don't have enough food to

eat. i don't -- >> success in school hinges on help outside the classroom. now a new federal program already launched. first local organizations identify a zone and need. then they connect, move, and add services to fill the gaps. 20 other communities have started the process. >> how do we say big? >> the harlem children's zone did this for a decade and test scores almost doubled. >> it's not enough. >> the promise is coming true in christians neighborhood. >> today we did like that and then you clab.

>> dance and soccer and blogging in the technology class. every promise neighborhood plan is customed to its community. brooklyn's has its very own chicken coop. showing christian where healthy foods come from is just one of the things his mom can do for him now. >> i can help him with school and home work. >> programs out of the classroom that help kids in the class skprm beyond. >> they hope to find out if they will be among the lucky few to get the next round of money. they will find out in the next couple of months. >> the longest ongoing fight on tap toll hill is about abortion. at least half a dozen votes about rules or funds have come up this year alone. last night's vote freezing federal funds for health care plans for plans that provide abortion was among the

discussions. tell us, who will this affect and how will it affect them? >> this is the most comprehensive attack on women's reproductive rights since 1973. it would affect women who want to in the health exchanges that will go into effect soon, with their own money they will not be able to purchase abortions. it's not just federal funding which has been illegal for a long time this is not about federal funding but personal money. it limits access to information about abortions. no longer will it be required that they tell women about their availability of abortion. and finally most dangerous, hospitals and providers will no longer have to provide emergency service to women who may be

suffering from a botched abortion or a miscarriage when they come into a hospital and do not have to provide contraceptive information, birth control, family planning will no longer be just available. >> congress woman, supporters are saying that life threatening situations will not be denied in this case if it gets passed. it will not get past the senate so why are the republicans pushing it now? >> all of us that got up on the floor to oppose the bill said that when americans are hungering for jobs legislation, something to deal with the economy, instead the republicans are dealing with this attack on women. it's not going to go anywhere.

rr the real battle is on the state level. every state has some bill related to abortion. what has caused this across the country? >> i think it is a last gasp. it certainly is not because the majority of americans and women want this legislation. families want the availability of birth control information. family planning information. this is not proabortion. this is about having health availability to americans. >> some say it is because of the health care reform bill and if that were to be reversed, all of the moves on the state level would be gone. >> they want to perpetuate this myth that at the federal level, that federal funding will go into abortions. no matter how many times they

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>> dr. king is situated between the jefferson memorial and memorial. i like to say what better place to put a king than between two presidents. it happens to be at 1964 independence avenue. same year that important legislation was signed. we did our ceremonial ground breaking. we wanted this site to be green and colorful all year long. people are brought into this site. what i want them to see and get is a feeling of openness. very open. huge area and wide. it gets narrower and narrower as

you come here. wanted to signify the struggle that it was getting narrower and narrower. it became a struggle. 30 fetal. basically coming from dr. king's speech out of a mountain of dispair. when visitors hear, there is a little echo. it is so tall that you hear the echo bouncing off the sides. >> we will be able to get out of the mountain of dispair to the stone of hope. you see the dispair in here with all the curves and how something took this smooth piece of stone and now it is rough because it came through here and now you have the curves. what we have here is the quotation wall. dr. king's words are edged in here. we believe this to be the living

memorial. >> my eyes have seen the coming of the lord. >> it's made this way because we wanted them to see and experience the wall first and not experience doctor king until they have seen everything and look out and then get the shock and awe feeling. on the stone of hope itself we have dr. king's on this side apart from his eulogy that he wrote himself, i was a drum major for justice, peace, and righteousness. for the first time in our country's history this mall is now diversified. to say that you not just have a president and a war hero but a man of peace, a man of color to grace this lawn. i would think he would have a sense of pride that oh my god, because of me, things have changed. because of me this is a greater

country. because of me this is a greater world. >> now is the time to make justice a reality all over this nation. now is the time. >> harry johnson will have more on the dedication coming up at 2:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. do not miss that. survival for italy's prime minister and today the leader winning a confidence vote in parliament by a narrow majority. he said his government is the only credible alternative to help guide the country through the economic crisis. author of momma mia, posterity explained for friends and neighbors abroad. can you explain the title for us first? >> first of all, good afternoon.

well, you are friends abroad. friends and colleagues are wondering, gone mad. why are they keeping these unusual prescribes for 18 years. the answer is no we are not mad. there are reasons for that. >> give us the main one. >> there are several. i will just give you a couple. sit a cross between ross perot, putin and frank sinatra. he talks about women and football and he tells his voters what they want to hear. that doesn't make good government but he can collect votes. >> we have the charges of corruption, tax fraud, paying for sex with a minor. all of these things coming together and we have to ask how is it that he is able to survive? >> it is not easy to stay in front of an american camera and being italian nowadays because

all you said is absolutely true. there was a larger than life character and people tend to forgive the rulers wherever they are. we want to check and see what you are doing. in italy they smile and say we like the leaders to take care of his own business. that is sad. i think sit a little childish in a democracy and brings problem. >> it is said that he hates rules. why? it looks like he is avoiding some of them, too. >> hinting that we may avoid them, too.

believe me, in italy, it is something that you have to tell people. forgiving people for the sins we have committed and those we have not committed yet. say, you know, i have a difficult job and in the evening i have to relarks that is music to many married men's ears. that's not good. >> i hate to do this to you. you are an author and a very good writer but if you had to tribe him in one word, what would that be? >> well, a man who takes his time. he said he was going to sort out italy and the economy, he is taking his sweet time. >> we will call him sweet time. real pleasure being able to speak with you today. >> thank you for having me. endless shrimp is our most popular promotion

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apple fans began lining up this morning to be able to say i own the new iphone. the new model already broke pre-order records. 4 million expected to be sold just this weekend and it's not even the iphone 5. we have heard a lot of the new bells and whistles. the camera seems to be on the top of the list. >> that is a really nice improvement. once you try it out, the camera is a lot faster and higher rz lugs and it does hd video. >> should i throw out my camera? >> throw it right in the trash. >> that quickly? >> the only thing that people like are the slr cameras and phone cameras. >> icloud, those things seem to

be a thing of the past? >> it is really impressive but not a lot of people want to use voice commands on their phone. >> so you pull out your phone. >> it is annoying to yell at your phone. >> is this a blackberry killer? >> blackberry is its own blackberry killer. they had their own outage. >> who will buy it? who will buy it? >> a lot of people who have the iphone 3 gs, those contracts are expiring. if you are waiting to get a new phone, now you are upgrading. >> 4 s? is that for steve? >> everyone has their own version for what the s stands for. >> by the way, what one do you have? >> i am so behind the times. it is not a 3 gs, but a 3 g. >> come on now. have a good weekend. thanks for watching. have a great weekend.

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right now, rick perry hits the reset button, trying to get to his claim to fame, jobs, at a pittsburgh steel plant. >> today i offer a flan will create more than a million good paying american jobs across every sector of the economy. his wife's complete that he had been brutalized by the media and other candidates. herman cain on top of the polls but still mia in iowa. is this a book tour or a presidential campaign? and the president brings his south korean counter part to a plant in michigan. they are selling the new trade